KJKA — Gulf Shores Intl/Jack Edwards Fld
Gulf Shores, AL · field elevation 17 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KJKA current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KJKA 100615Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/10 A3017 RMK AO2
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 11 °C / dewpoint 10 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Density altitude
- -763 ft · pressure altitude -233 ft
- Observed
- 12 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
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Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KJKA 100524Z 1006/1106 VRB04KT P6SM BKN130
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 30.28964, -87.67178
- Elevation
- 17 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1212Z / 2257Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- 0° (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- New Orleans
- County
- Baldwin, AL
Airport diagram
Everything else KJKA publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,962 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 17/35 | 3,596 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 134.525
- Tower 0700-2100
- 118.65
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance
- 121.7
- Clearance WHEN TWR CLSD
- 124.55
- CTAF
- 118.65
- UNICOM
- 122.7
- Approach
- 120.65
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KNBJ Barin Nolf6 nm
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- KNPA Pensacola NAS (Forrest Sherman Fld)19 nm
- KPNS Pensacola Intl27 nm
- KBFM Mobile Intl29 nm
- KMOB Mobile Rgnl38 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KJKA airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Alabama airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.